Topic: Patch time.. (Read 268402 times)

markus1912 · « **Reply #75 on:** August 17, 2007, 12:19:59 »

i became now the message that the patch will released in Ca.two weeks

Nedo · « **Reply #76 on:** August 17, 2007, 12:22:27 »

All we can do is to wait...

Kevinmcg_ships · « **Reply #77 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:00:42 »

I would rather to have the patches which will work properly, than them being rushed out by VSTEP developers. So I am happy to wait another 2 weeks.

dogman · « **Reply #78 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:08:38 »

Hi Kevin,

I'm with you on that one.

bowie · « **Reply #79 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:19:31 »

erm where is it

bowie · « **Reply #80 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:23:31 »

2 week what a joke oh well suppose we shall have to wait

Shipaddict · « **Reply #81 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:24:26 »

TWO WEEKS!? I do't beleive it.

i can see the mission editor flying away on the harizon.

[RWP]DJM · « **Reply #82 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:27:30 »

I'm sure we can all agree on one thing, it will be worth the wait

Not too long to wait eh, 2 weeks will 'sail by'

Regards.

DJM.

Shipaddict · « **Reply #83 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:28:35 »

Hope so.

Poncho · « **Reply #84 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:30:20 »

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on August 17, 2007, 13:27:30

I'm sure we can all agree on one thing, it will be worth the wait

Not too long to wait eh, 2 weeks will 'sail by'

Regards.

DJM.

Totally agree!

Guys, let's wait, surely its for the best of the game and our benefit!

Captain Spencer · « **Reply #85 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:38:11 »

Quote from: Poncho on August 17, 2007, 13:30:20

Guys, let's wait, surely its for the best of the game and our benefit!

I agree, surely VSTEP want the patch to be bug-free and so we should be patient and wait. I really wanted the patch to come out but I guess it will be even better in two weeks.

Patience guys...

Shipaddict · « **Reply #86 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:38:24 »

Just out of interest:

Is it the mission editor which needs the extra work or the sinking and other aspects of the patch.

[RWP]DJM · « **Reply #87 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:41:34 »

Quote from: Shipaddict on August 17, 2007, 13:38:24

Just out of interest:

Is it the mission editor which needs the extra work or the sinking and other aspects of the patch.

The official standpoint is that the patch needs some more work before it is complete and ready to be released. At the moment, that's all I can tell you

It will be released as soon as it is ready though, be assured of that

Regards.

DJM.

Gertjan · « **Reply #88 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:48:36 »

I think this is bad PR, why didnt Vstep publish this information earlier on their website that the patch is delayed, i doubt that vstep came to the conclusion today that they need more time for testing.

If you want to play with the big boys then at least announce this officially as soon as its clear that a deadline is unreachable and dont let your customers wait until the last moment!

If this was a company like Microsoft or Electronic Arts we would have a press release weeks before release.

If Vstep cares about its customers then they should make up with the customer inconveniance of selling them a alpha version of their game and delaying updates by adding even more extra content!

[RWP]DJM · « **Reply #89 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:53:01 »

If I could offer my own personal opinion on this

To me, this is a good thing, Vstep devoting 2 more weeks to the development of this patch is a positive thing. It shows a great deal of commitment, not just to their game development, but to us as gamers.

I personally find that very reassuring

Regards.

DJM.

psolk · « **Reply #90 on:** August 17, 2007, 13:59:34 »

I think the issue here is not really the patch being delayed but the lack of pro-active communication. I am sure the developers did not wake up this morning and magically decide the patch was not ready. (especially if they are taking two weeks to finalize it). They had to know it wasn't going to make it yesterday, two days ago, five days ago maybe... Why not come out then and let the community know what is happening opposed to people coming on the 17th expecting a finished patch to find nothing except DJM responding to forum posts. There is no communication from the developer and that is what is unacceptable from my perspective. Not the release slipping but the lack of communication about it...
That is my .02,
-Paul

matrixclese · « **Reply #91 on:** August 17, 2007, 14:04:11 »

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on August 17, 2007, 13:53:01

If I could offer my own personal opinion on this

To me, this is a good thing, Vstep devoting 2 more weeks to the development of this patch is a positive thing. It shows a great deal of commitment, not just to their game development, but to us as gamers.

I personally find that very reassuring

Regards.

DJM.

Personally, I would find it "reassurring" if the game wasnt so broken in the first place. Maybe they should have waited 2 more weeks before releasing such a broken/unfinished game in the first place.

JD · « **Reply #92 on:** August 17, 2007, 14:06:52 »

I just hope it will have TrackIR support or I will be dissapointed.
A few more official freight shipping missions would be nice too. Seems there are more boat missions then ship missions.

Captain Spencer · « **Reply #93 on:** August 17, 2007, 14:07:32 »

I agree with what you are saying here Paul, lack of communication is not a good thing. Perhaps they should have let us know perhaps even yesterday. Although they did say that the patch would come out in September, so they were not wrong but should not have posted 17th August and get peoples hopes up.

matrixclese, Shipsim 08 is not broken for me

I have had a couple of ships sink on me but I have found the game to be fairly stable and fine to be released. Although if they had implemented some of the new features into the game and released it later I would not have complained

Cheers,

[RWP]DJM · « **Reply #94 on:** August 17, 2007, 14:07:46 »

I'm sure you'll all agree that Vstep have kept us informed as much as possible, but they are extremely busy getting this patch ready for us all to enjoy Ship Simulator to the full extent

There are most likely very good reasons why the patch was delayed, it may have been a last minute thing and it wasn't possible to inform members of the delay until now. It is unfortunate, but nothing in life is perfect and these things do happen, wouldn't you agree?

At least we do know that the patch is still being developed, I have been involved in situations where developers have abondoned the community completely, we can rest assured that this is not happening in this case

As far as the 'broken game' issue, not all bugs are detectable in development or testing, again it is unfortunate, but sometimes unavoidable also.

Regards.

DJM.

matrixclese · « **Reply #95 on:** August 17, 2007, 14:11:46 »

Well maybe im the only one with "broken" problems then...

-Ship models dissappearing
-missions crashing after 30-45 min into it

I love the game when it works, but im scared to start a long mission because i fear it will just crash in the middle of it.

Is the patch gonna address any of these problems?

Captain Spencer · « **Reply #96 on:** August 17, 2007, 14:14:58 »

Quote from: matrixclese on August 17, 2007, 14:11:46

Well maybe im the only one with "broken" problems then...

-Ship models dissappearing
-missions crashing after 30-45 min into it

I love the game when it works, but im scared to start a long mission because i fear it will just crash in the middle of it.

Is the patch gonna address any of these problems?

I didn't mean to single you out here matrixclese, sorry of it seemed that way. I just have not had anything happen like you. I have had the game crash on me before but I think that was because A) I don't quite have enough RAM and B) because I kept Alt - Tab out and in to the game.

Some ship models disappear and if you walk around the ship and point the cam to the sky it starts to fly

Should all be fixed in the patch though.

[RWP]DJM · « **Reply #97 on:** August 17, 2007, 14:15:35 »

Any bugs that are in the game are being addressed with the patch

Development of any product is a long laborious project and it takes time to get things 'just right'

Regards.

DJM.

Swiglers · « **Reply #98 on:** August 17, 2007, 14:17:23 »

Quote from: [RWP]DJM on August 17, 2007, 13:27:30

I'm sure we can all agree on one thing, it will be worth the wait

Not too long to wait eh, 2 weeks will 'sail by'

Regards.

DJM.

I am not agree

The most schools will begin next week, and then it will go wery SLOW!

[RWP]DJM · « **Reply #99 on:** August 17, 2007, 14:24:02 »

Quote from: Swiglers on August 17, 2007, 14:17:23

I am not agree The most schools will begin next week, and then it will go wery SLOW!

Again, an unfortunate and unavoidable situation. I have no doubt that Vstep are working tirelessly to release this patch as soon as is humanly possible. I know waiting is not nice, but as I said previously, it will be worth the wait

Regards.

DJM.

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